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en-usPhys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine.Mexico's Volcano of Fire blows huge ash cloudAn explosion on western Mexico's Volcano of Fire blew out a giant column of ash on Friday that rained down on some towns in two states.http://phys.org/news/2014-11-mexico-volcano-huge-ash-cloud.html
Earth Sciences Fri, 21 Nov 2014 19:22:20 EDTnews335820134Evolving plumbing system beneath Greenland slows ice sheet as summer progressesA team led by scientists at the University of Texas at Austin's Institute for Geophysics has for the first time directly observed multiple parts of Greenland's subglacial plumbing system and how that system evolves each summer to slow down the ice sheet's movement toward the sea.http://phys.org/news/2014-10-evolving-plumbing-beneath-greenland-ice.html
Earth Sciences Wed, 01 Oct 2014 13:00:02 EDTnews331387015Man-made drainage could raise risk of floodingInstalling drainage systems in developing towns and cities can cause water to reach rivers more quickly, potentially raising the risk of flooding, say scientists.http://phys.org/news/2014-06-man-made-drainage.html
Environment Fri, 13 Jun 2014 09:10:04 EDTnews321867875Evaporation basins alleviate drainage woesA system employing evaporation basins for use in artificial drainage could improve the health of the Blackwood Basin in the South West within the century, a study has found.http://phys.org/news/2013-09-evaporation-basins-alleviate-drainage-woes.html
Environment Wed, 11 Sep 2013 09:30:03 EDTnews298106139Life deep down: A new beautiful translucent snail from the deepest cave in CroatiaScientists discovered a new species of a peculiar cave-dwelling snail in one of the 20 deepest cave systems in the world, Lukina Jama–Trojama in Croatia. The newly discovered species belongs to a genus of minute air-breathing land snails that have lost visual orientation and are considered to be true eutroglobionts, or exclusive cave-dwellers. The study describing the new species was published in the open access journal Subterranean Biology.http://phys.org/news/2013-09-life-deep-beautiful-translucent-snail.html
Plants & Animals Tue, 10 Sep 2013 11:39:27 EDTnews298031958Japan should stop 'confusing messages' on Fukushima: IAEAThe world's nuclear watchdog has urged Japan to explain more clearly what is happening at Fukushima and avoid sending "confusing messages" about the disaster, the country's atomic regulator revealed Wednesday.http://phys.org/news/2013-08-japan-messages-fukushima-iaea.html
Energy & Green Tech Wed, 28 Aug 2013 03:43:09 EDTnews296880103Scientists use new approach to reveal function of Greenland's ice sheet(Phys.org) —Findings from a large-scale ice drilling study on the Greenland ice sheet by a team of University of Montana and University of Wyoming researchers may revise the models used to predict how ice sheets move.http://phys.org/news/2013-08-scientists-approach-reveal-function-greenland.html
Earth Sciences Thu, 15 Aug 2013 15:05:52 EDTnews295797936Bold action, big money needed to curb Asia floodsAsia's flood-prone megacities should fund major drainage, water recycling and waste reduction projects to stem deluges and secure clean supply for their booming populations, experts said Sunday.http://phys.org/news/2013-05-bold-action-big-money-curb.html
Environment Sun, 19 May 2013 14:40:01 EDTnews288192619Nullarbor region once full of fast-flowing rivers(Phys.org)—University of Adelaide geologists have shed new light on the origin of Australia's largest delta, the Ceduna Delta, and the river systems which drained the continent millions of years before the Murray-Darling system came into existence.http://phys.org/news/2013-01-nullarbor-region-full-fast-flowing-rivers.html
Earth Sciences Tue, 22 Jan 2013 06:50:01 EDTnews278059122Venomous Aussie redback spiders invading JapanAustralia's venomous redback spiders are on the march in Japan, where they are believed to have arrived years ago as stowaways on cargo ships, a wildlife expert warned Wednesday.http://phys.org/news/2009-11-venomous-aussie-redback-spiders-invading.html
Ecology Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:50:01 EDTnews178349649